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| Quitting SmokingSo I'm trying to quit smoking. It hasn't really been the smoothest ride, but I've brought myself down to one cigarette a day (which is VERY hard, still, to do). But now I think I have new motivation to try harder. On Sunday, I was riding my bike to a fraternity meeting when my half-full pack of cigarettes fell out of my jacket pocket -- and my bike ran over them. Needless to say, all the cigarettes were broken and done. So the next day, I bought a brand new pack of cigarettes. Then on the day after (Tuesday), I was once again riding my bike, and... THEY FELL OUT AGAIN. And today, late Wednesday night / early Thursday morning, I was at a Chinese food restaurant, and I received the following fortune from a fortune cookie: "Guard yourself against evil temptations." If these aren't signs for me to quit, I don't know what is; so I'm quitting now -- for good.
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| I'm going to take requests for songs! Give me a good song that can be played with the acoustic guitar. If I like the song, and it's not too crazy to play, I'll learn it! Then if I learn the song, I'll play it for you, live if you wish. ;o Oh, and preferably songs with a guy singing it because my voice can't go THAT high. I mean, I can go in my falsetto, but if I'm singing in falsetto for half the song... it's probably a no-go. :) Let the requests begin!
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| Expertise... in nothing.I dabble in a lot of things. I draw, play the guitar, dance a little, work my way around a computer, bike, sing, and write songs. I'm not bad at doing those things, but I'm not necessarily good either. Sometimes I wish I were incredibly good at just ONE thing. I get frustrated at my own inability to do well or excel. Out of those things I do, singing and playing the guitar are my two more serious hobbies, but even then I'm not that good in comparison to others. Perhaps when I'm in my thirties will my efforts finally shine.
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| My Future?I'm glad to say that I am no longer in doubt about what I want to do with my life. In fact, I think I'm more motivated than ever. I want to be a doctor, and I'm sure of it. My doubt had originally stemmed from my lack of confidence in becoming a doctor. My GPA wasn't very high; I sucked at organic chemistry (which is essential for the MCATs); and the long years that I would have to stay in school turned me off completely. Due to these doubts, I was trying to decide whether I wanted to change my career to business, where money comes quickly and in vast amounts, trading for long, grueling hours of work. In trying to decide what I wanted to do, I did some research on various careers to weigh out the positives and negatives and, ultimately, whether or not I could see myself doing it for the next forty years. After poking around researching possible careers, I still only came up with business or medicine. To make a long story short, I ultimately decided on medicine because those old doubts that I had about becoming a doctor were assuaged with my recent success this past semester (GPA-wise) and the realization that after medical school, I will be working in a hospital as an intern. I always thought of the residency as "more school," which, in many ways, it is because you're still learning a lot, but it's still a "job." I work and learn as I get paid. It's only about $40,000 a year on average for interns, but in the end, it's not about the money, right?
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| My New Year's Resolutions? Simple: Have a great fucking year.
And keep up my grades. :)
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